New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-23
PERSONAL.

Sir Thomas H. G.. Esmonde and Mr.. Arthur oCon'
nor. NJ T., Will have a grand public reception at
Chicago on October 20.
Tho cornerstone Of tho Robert f. Lee monument VIII
BIO laid at Richmond, Va, on October 81
Matthias splitlog, the wealthy Indian railroad
builder and owner, born Cayusa but Joined inc
Wyandottcs At the age o: twenty years he went ~
Vestport Landing, now Kansas CITY. with % echts
and his clothes as his sole worldly possessions He
bought an axe on trust and went to work cutting
wood for steamboats, at % cents cord Al ina. ne
saved money paid for the axe, bought pony. start
ed sawm and got married.. lie Is now ehorIu'u', s
rich owning "a railroad, several silver Eilcs anu
many blocks OF property IN Kansas CITY
Mr. w. W. Corcoran seems to have recovered from
his serious Illness o. last June He is still tribe
lame but otherwise quito well and vigorous In nina
and body.
A very tall broad shouldered, deep-chested man
attracted the glances Of strangers In the rotunha OF
bicago hotel tie TIER dav "Ths," says The News
OF that city, was General ". W. Bclknap. The once
noted politician is growing Cd, but he bears his years
lightly His appearance IS nearly picturesque a. ID
tn old days when Grants Secretary Of War crowds
foclcd to get light of him His erect carriage ara
firm step tell OF his West Point training and military
service HIS face Is full free from Wrinkles ana MS
complexion is ruddy and clear. His magnificent ooiuo
beard Is tlngei with white along tho edges, put 'hs
change took p ace within year or two after his down.
fall from public life lie Is ont Of politics OF course
lie never talks upon tho sub ec TO reporters anu pu'
seldom to his Intimate fTicn 1t l. sald bD"eNcI
hat every partcc Of tho influence he exeied has not
vanished Plenty Of friends cling 10 him In MS as
mace aud these saw tho true story OF us cause mas
ncver heen toll General Bclknap lives quietly IN
Washington His wife is In Europe supervS'Sns WV
,ducati"n Of her younger children General Bekhap
+. wealthy lie Is a lawyer with heavy corporation,
practice and good deal to do In the court OF oiiIins
one Of those old Bohcmians who formed part VI the
curio.ities Of Paris about thirty years ago. says inc
rnndon Telegraph" has Just died In the person Oh
4 Henry dc la Madeleine lie was not known 10 the
.oo, 1f.nen.cr OF fame called " the general public,
INT his finished and elegant studies OF men anu naHc'
wore highly pIzcd by critics and connOisseurs he
WA. To lazy to do anything but literary rihes OF hc
ieh have male reputation akin to that OF his ichus
rau,l, Ire or De Banvllle for he was poet as "i
4. a prose writer. He spent the most OF lis time
.iupiur drinks smoking cigarettes, ana g'ss'p'"s
aiming tho ancient Bohemians Of the now forgotten
D." Diyan Icpeirter" This a restaurant Kept oy an
italian named Bragg. It. garden IN summer was 'hc
rc-ort Of all the littcracurs Of Paris In the Winter
they al sanctuary TO themselves In the establishment
Amopr the frequcnters ofthe Dlvan, Madeleine was
uoyf a. tho Grand Lama" and IL was In the company
II nj, Joyous friends that the Lama urc" .no
literary silhOuettes Of the leading men OF the fpo.
Madeleine had latd lived near tarprntras' lie Wa
Disguised with modern Paris, particularly a. no
1iHd that all his Bohemian friends had gwen UP oa
habt. we're fond OF wearing evening dress, ana OF
b,Ing .ern AZ the evening parties and nrst h'hhs,
instead of cultiVang literature IN stuny cafes au no
fumes Of bad liquor and the odor Oh worse 'oo"c0''